On Mon, 05 Sep 2005 20:45:13 GMT, Sim C. on@request wrote:

| Yesterday I assembled a TV table [or a 'Norrebo' as Ikea insist on
| calling them - http://tinyurl.com/dob82 ]
|
| It comes with all the standard fasteners etc, as mentioned here
| earlier, but no glue. Hmmm, not happy so quick trip to Glynn Webb for
| some wood glue which was liberally applied in the assembling. 'That
| ain't gonna fall apart, ever!' methinks. Even if Ikea think their
| fasteners are good enough, I'm sceptical.
|
| Now my mate says you shouldn't use glue, but he doesn't know why -
| just something he's heard.
|
| Could he be right? Any reason NOT to use glue? There were a few dowels
| that had a good blob, but mainly it was 'rough end' chipwood onto
| birch veneer.

Make sure that you have it assembled completely correctly *before* using
glue. Then take it to bits and glue.

--
Dave Fawthrop dave hyphenologist co uk
"Intelligent Design?" my knees say *not*.
"Intelligent Design?" my back says *not*.